Langston v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Park. Morgan superior, court. October 12, 1921. Henry Langston Jr. and John Henry Brady were charged with the murder of Henry Moody by “ shooting with a rifle and striking with an axe the said Henry Moody,” thereby inflicting the mortal wound.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Park. Morgan superior, court. October 12, 1921. Henry Langston Jr. and John Henry Brady were charged with the murder of Henry Moody by “ shooting with a rifle and striking with an axe the said Henry Moody,” thereby inflicting the mortal wound. On the separate trial of Langston, it appeared that the deceased, a colored man 70 or 80 years of age, lived alone on a plantation in a hut, situated in a pine thicket about, one fourth of a mile from the house of any other person. He was last seen alive Wednesday afternoon while working for his employer. His body was…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
It is declared in the Penal Code, § 1031: “ All admissions should be scanned with care, and confessions of guilt should be received with great caution. A confession alone, uncorroborated by other evidence, will not justify a conviction.” In Lee v. State, 76 Ga. 498, it was said: “In a criminal case the corpus delicti should be established beyond a reasonable doubt, or a conviction should not be had.” In defining “corpus delicti” Wharton says: “It is made up of two elements: (1) That a certain result has been produced, as that a man has died, or a building has been burned, or a piece of…
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